CONFERENCE ON WELDING ENGINEERING HELD AT FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA , APRIL 29-MAY 1, 1957

Technical Report · Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 EST 1958

OSTI ID:4328586

Papers were presented at this conferencc on the foiiowing subjects: factors in the selection of welding processes; development of welding for engineering fabrication; suryey of welding codes, standards, and specifications; general philosophy for application of welding engineering; defining quality of welding workmanship; research destructive test methods for weldability; sampling and proof testing for weld acceptance; storage and pressure vessels; welded bridges; ship structure; design of hydraulic structures; a needed re-appraisal of welding potential in building framings; engineering aspects of welding and arc cutting the aluminum alloys; hard-facing; surfacing by the thermo spray process; welding of the Army Package Power Reactor; research and experience in welded steel construction; evaluation of laboratory fatigue studies of welded structure; Canadian welding codes and their administration; European welding operations; use of steel castings in engineering weldments; considerations on the incorporation of steei castings in welded structures; the Army conservation-ofmaterials program and some conservation measures accomplished by weiding; a new concept of welded design for improved vibration control; problems encountered by government agencies in the design fabrication, testing, and inspection of welded material for federal-aid highway bridges; when and why does aluminum fail; service failures encountered in Navy applications; welded ship construction and radiography; effect of welding on the notch toughness of a casualty materiai; the fusion zone as a major weidability concept in welding of high strength steels; oil storage tank failures at Fawley, England; some problems encountered in the design, fabrication, and inspection of welded aircraft parts; defective welding in items produced by government agencies; problems encountered by government agencies in the design, fabrication, testing, and inspection of welded material, parts, or constructions produced under government procurement contracts; and nondestructive testing procedures. (W. L. H.)

• Research Organization: Army Engineering Research and Development Labs., Fort Belvoir, Va.
• NSA Number: NSA-12-007258
• OSTI ID: 4328586
• Report Number(s): NP-6612
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

MINERALOGY, METALLURGY, AND CERAMICS
ALUMINUM ALLOYS
CASTING
CONTROL
DEFECTS
ELECTRIC ARCS
FABRICATION
FAILURES
FATIGUE
MACHINING
MATERIALS TESTING
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
OILS
PLANNING
POWER
PRESSURE VESSELS
RADIATIONS
REACTORS
SAMPLING
SHIPS
STANDARDS
STEELS
STORAGE
SURFACES
TENSILE PROPERTIES
USES
VIBRATIONS
WELDING
WELDS